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Art Briles tells Jimbo Fisher to stick to FSU business, don’t ‘try to tell me how to do mine’

Baylor University head coach Art Briles is pictured during the Big 12 Conference Football Media Days held at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas on Monday, July 21, 2014. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)

The first but probably not last public exchange over the lack of a Big 12 football title game erupted Monday.

At ACC media days, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher suggested every conference should play a championship game.

“Not everybody plays the same number of games and does the same thing,” Fisher said, as quoted in USA Today. “I think it’s ridiculous.”

The Big 12 is the only member of the “power five’ conferences without a title game.

Asked about the quote by ESPN Radio Central Texas at Big 12 media days, Briles first wondered about the accuracy. Told it was correct, he responded strongly.

“Jimbo Fisher, I think he needs to worry about the ACC, I guess if that’s the league they’re in,” Briles said. “I’m not telling them how to do their business. Don’t come down here to Texas and try to tell me how to do mine. …

“I’m not concerned with what they’re doing because I’m concerned with Baylor and the Big 12.”

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